Local Waste Services: OSHA inspections and violations
Columbus, Ohio · Other Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal · NAICS 562219
1inspections
3citation items
$9,643current penalties
Dec 13, 2022last inspection
OSHA inspectors have visited Local Waste Services in Ohio one time.
It opened on Dec 13, 2022 after a complaint, in Columbus.
In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $16,072; today they stand at $9,643, 40% less.
Among staffing, cleaning and waste services employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $2,201 penalty. Local Waste Services averages $9,643 across 1 cited inspection.
Local Waste Services also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $1,038 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Ohio · latest 90 days of OSHA records
275employers cited
2 of them in the same industry
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2021, the Columbus site logged 11 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 250 workers: 5.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 321 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Local Waste Services
Columbus · 2021
250
11
5
5.2
3.8
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
An employee was sitting in the cab of a truck that was backing up. When the truck stopped, the employee stepped out of the truck and the truck pulled forward, running over his foot. The employee required surgery for an injury to the foot.
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Jan 3, 2022 to Feb 27, 2022
Columbus
2
1
$1,038
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)
(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.
29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2)
(2) Installation and use. Listed or labeled equipment shall be installed and used in accordance with any instructions included in the listing or labeling.
Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
Other other nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal employers in Ohio
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
